If the client is experiencing nausea
and vomiting, diarrhea, thirst, polyuria, slurred speech, and muscle weakness,
then the most appropriate nursing intervention would be withholding the next
dose of lithium and drawing blood to test it for toxicity to avoid worsening
the client’s condition.
To add, the variety of
toxicities wherein some substances may give rise causes of harm to the entire
body, hazard to specific organs, major/minor damage, or cause cancer are called
health hazards. Anything falling outside of the definition cannot be
classified as that type of toxicant.<span> In treating schizophrenia,
impulse control disorders, depression, eating disorders and certain mental illnesses
in kids, lithium is used for them.</span>
